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Record ID: SF-64CD5B
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead alloy pilgrim's ampulla dating to the Medieval period, c. AD 1300 - 1500. Only the lead flask and a small amount of the neck remains. The faces of the object would have been flat or slightly convex, but have been pressed in, or flattened. Both faces have moulded decoration present; one side has a leaf like motif, with a central moulded raised rib, and diagnoal lines radiating outwards towards the edge of the flask, one has has a mouled raised triangle.  No similar examples can be found on PAS.  Length: 48.24mm Width:…
Created on: Monday 22nd April 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nedging-with-Naughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-793379
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead scallop shell-shaped ampulla of Medieval date.  It has suffered from some post-depositional damage as he mouth/neck is largely missing and the body is bent. The body is sub-oval in shape, its upper end sloping inwards to the very damaged neck where there is an opening. There is also one surviving semi-circular suspension loop to one side of the neck One side of the body has a moulded scallop shell motif a design that came to stand for pilgrimage in the medieval period, while the other side is decorated with an ornate …
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EA7501
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval pilgrim's ampulla. It has a roughly circular body, with a long trapezoidal neck that expands towards its outer end. Originally hollow inside, both faces have now been crushed together and there are splits and missing sections around the opening at the upper end. There is a small angular loop projecting from either side at the point between the neck and the body, but this is bent out of shape. One face of the body is decorated with the raised outline of a square shield with unclear raised lines to the left and a row of raised…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Whelnetham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D6F5D2
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval ampulla (pilgrim souvenir). It has a roughly circular body, with a short, wide trapezoid neck extending at its upper end. Originally hollow inside, both faces have now been crushed together and there are splits and small fragments missing around the opening.The metal is greyish-white in colour and slightly pitted. One face of the body is decorated with the raised outline of a crown against a cross-hatched background and the other side with a raised crowned letter W against a cross-hatched background. The surface of the metal is corroded with a whit…
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-1647A2
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete, lead or lead alloy, Medieval ampulla, dating to c. AD 1300-1500. The object consists of a flattened bulb like vessel with a single wide mouth opening at the top and two attachment loops on either side. One face of the ampulla has a heart within a square, possibly with a crown above. On the other face is a flower design made of four petals, in the orientation of a cross. The lip of the object has been slightly damaged.
Created on: Monday 26th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mellis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D96255
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval pilgrim's ampulla. It has a roughly circular body and a long trapezoid neck flaring outwards from one end. Originally hollow inside, both faces have now been crushed together leaving only a slight gap in the centre. The neck has been particularly bent out of shape and there is a break along one side and sections missing around the rim. A small handle projects from one side of the lower end of the neck and there is a break at the opposite side where a further handle would have been situated originally. One face of the body is decorated…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pettaugh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-ED42ED
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval lead ampulla now survived in two fragments dating to circa AD 1350-1550. The two fragments are squashed and bent. The larger piece has (moulded in relief) on one side a crown, with a central fleur and possibly side fleurs. Beneath the curved band of the crown there is some cross-hatching. The other side has a quatrefoil leaf shaped motif, the leaves have life like median ribs and chevron veins. It is similar to NMS-C2E915 dated to between AD 1350-1550. Length: 30.4mm; Width: 43.8mm (large piece; and length: 19.7mm; Width: 25.6mm (smaller piece); Combi…
Created on: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 1st June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9A4904
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete medieval lead ampulla dating to AD 1300 - 1500. It is flask-shaped with a rounded bowl beneath a neck which has been broken in old damage. The base of the neck is decorated with two transverse ridges which run in line with the stubs of what were two suspension loops, one on either side, and the bowl is decorated on one face with scallop shell reeding. Any decoration on the other face has been lost through old damage. Width: 26.9mm at the neck and 31.0mm max at the bowl; length: 47.5mm. Weight: 29.9g
Created on: Monday 28th December 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C1F135
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval pilgrim's ampulla. It has a roughly circular body with a flattened base and a long trapezoid neck flaring outwards from one end. Originally hollow inside, both faces have now been crushed together leaving only a slight gap in the centre. Breaks can be seen to either side of the neck where handles would once have projected. One face of the body is decorated with raised lines radiating outwards from the upper edge and the other side appears to be undecorated, although this may be obscured by corrosion. The surface of the metal is heavily worn. Ampullae c…
Created on: Friday 30th October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rattlesden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-41689B
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Medieval ampulla, dating to AD 1300-1500. It has an amphora shape in plan, with an incomplete flaring neck and an oval body; at the bottom there is a base and where the body meets the neck there are two loops. The front face of the body has two raised concentric circles enclosing an unclear motif. The ampulla is in fair condition. Length: 31.06mm Width: 20.33mm Thickness: 7.34mm Weight: 16.48g
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-DA61B4
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Medieval ampulla, dating to AD 1300-1500. It is hollow and it has a flask shape with an oval bowl and a narrow incomplete neck. The two short sides of the ampulla have a complete V-shaped loop frame where the neck meets the bowl; the frames point upward and define a sub-triangular loop. The back face of the bowl has radiant grooves imitating the shell surface, while the front face has a cast letter W. Both faces are bevelled and are slightly dented. Length: 34.19 mm Diameter of the bowl: 31.81 mm Thickness: 9.32 mm Weight: 29.39 g
Created on: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-56284A
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Medieval ampulla, dating to AD 1300-1400. It has a flask shape with a semi-circular bowl and a narrow incomplete neck. the front face of the bowl has radiant grooves imitating the shell surface. The lower side of the bowl has a slightly scalloped edge; the back face of the bowl has its lower edge decorated with a series of cast grooves. Cf Mitchiner (1986, p. 151, no. 424). Length: 46.51 mm Width of the bowl: 37.98 mm Thickness: 7.82 mm Weight: 32.26 g
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lound', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5179F9
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Medieval pilgrim's ampulla, dating to AD 1300-1400. It has a flask-shape with a rounded bowl and a flared trapezoidal neck; on one side of the neck there is a complete triangular loop, while on the opposite side there is the bent and detached frame of what once a similar loop. both faces of the bowl have cast decoration; on one face there is a crescent with a central open pouch, which has a circular opening and terminates with a reversed R. The crescent is decorated with a series of raised stroke; triangles with similar strokes are along the lower edge of the bowl. …
Created on: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Elmham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-866304
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Medieval ampulla, dating to AD 1300-1500. It is the hollow rounded bowl of the ampulla, with the open edge squashed and blocked. One face of the bowl has a cast flower with six pointed-oval petal and three pellets between them; there is a pellet at the centre of the flower. The other face bears a beaded circle enclosing a W with a crown above; the crown has a central fleur-de-lis and lateral unclear ornaments. the lower edge of the bowl has a remainder of the flash casting. Ampullae are known from the late 12th century and were replaced by the popularity of pil…
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A336C2
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead Medieval to Post Medieval ampulla, dating to AD 1300-1500. It is hollow and flask-shaped with a simple rounded bowl and a flaring sub-rectangular neck. At the base of the neck there are two loop protruding on each side; one of the loop is quite bent. One face of the ampulla has a cast decoration consisting of a band of oblique strokes defined by two transverse lines at the base of the neck; the same face of the bowl is reeded, imitating the shell surface. The other face has the same band of strokes and a crown above an unclear symbol on the bowl. The ampulla is squashed. Am…
Created on: Friday 7th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-7E7079
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead Medieval ampulla, dating to AD 1300-1500. It is hollow and flask-shaped with a simple rounded bowl and a break just before the missing neck. At the base of the neck there is a damaged loop protruding on one side; the symmetrical loop on the other side of the ampulla is broken off and detached. One face of the bowl is reeded, imitating the shell surface while the other face of the bowl bears a circle enclosing a W with a crown above. Ampullae are known from the late 12th century and were replaced by the popularity of pilgrim badges in the early 14th century, but a…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 17th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfiled', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6062C1
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval ampulla. It has a roughly circular body, with a long trapezoid neck extending from one end. Originally hollow inside, both faces have now been crushed together and there are splits and missing sections around the opening at the upper end. There is a small handle loop to one side of the join between the neck and the body, but this is bent out of shape and the one at the other side is now missing. The metal is greyish-white in colour and slightly pitted. One face is decorated with a raised crowned letter T against a background of diagonal grooves surrounded …
Created on: Thursday 5th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6B935D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval pilgrim's ampulla. It has a roughly circular body, with a long trapezoid neck extending from one end. Originally hollow inside, both faces have now been crushed together and there are splits around the opening. There is a small handle loop to either side of the join between the neck and the body, but one is now missing. The metal is greyish-white in colour and slightly pitted. One face of the body is decorated with raised lines radiating outwards from the upper edge and the other side with a raised star formed from seven straight lines with a pellet in the …
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4BE3B8
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast lead ampulla of Medieval date. It is pouch shaped in form, incomplete at the mouth end and missing both suspension loops due to old breaks. Both faces of the ampulla have moulded decoration. On one face this comprises a transverse collar at the juncture of neck and body filled with multiple diagonal lines. At the centre of the body is a crown on a cross-hatched field. The opposite face has a similar collar, with outer border around the edge of the body formed from multiple diagonal lines. At the centre of this face is a small cross shaped motif within a double circu…
Created on: Friday 5th August 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F36BD4
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead medieval ampulla. Only the rounded body of the object survives, the neck around the opening is damaged and largely missing. The remaining body is very worn but decoration consisting of four raised oval leaf or petal shapes, each with raised chevrons across them, arranged in a cross. Traces of decoration are also visible on the other face, but are too corroded to be made out. A very similar example from Salisbury, is illustrated by Spence (1990, fig.186) but not discussed. The four petalled flower design has been interpreted as a four leaf clover on similar ampull…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 4th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lawshall', grid reference and parish protected.